Posted on Fri, Feb 19, 2010 @ 08:06 AM
Competitive Futures' Eric Garland will be presenting an online training course on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500) entitled Real Forecasting for Professional Analysts.
The short course entitled Real Forecasting for Professional Analysts
is perfect for busy analysts and managers who want a professional-level refresher course in the evaluation of forecasts. The course, featuring 60 minutes of content and 30 minutes of Q&A, will show you how to:
- Find the right sources
- Identify what type of forecast is on offer
- Explore the assumptions of the author
- Pick out the trends used to make the forecast
- Identify implications of the forecast
- Assess the probability of the future described
- Communicate this infomation to other people
At the end of the day, we want our clients to be ready to evaluate forecasts, understand who is writing them, ascertain their assumptions and know what it all means so they can better plan for the future.
This course will be delivered electronically, and will allow for group interaction.
Posted on Wed, Jan 27, 2010 @ 09:10 AM
Competitive Futures, a leading provider of forecasting and strategic trend analysis, is excited to announce its participation in an event entitled Intelligence 2.0, to be hosted by competitive intelligence consultants Aurora WDC in Washington DC on March 10, 2010.
Aurora's annual event, and its concept of Intelligence 2.0, is completely unique in the way it brings together multiple specialized vendors of intelligence and analysis to focus on solving problems of business leaders, instead of simply amassing data.
Competitive Futures' Eric Garland will be on hand to present his methods on real forecasting - a way that helps leaders grow their companies even in downturns by collecting the best available data, understanding bias and limitations in the sources, and deriving insight about the future market direction ahead of their competitors.
Also scheduled to appear are strategic simulation ("wargaming") experts Kappa West, web analytics firm Digimind and knowledge management software developer Comintelli.
Location and ticket information to be announced shortly.